Items matching colour, trees (results page 12)

Title Page, American AnimalsAmerican Animals (1902)

American Animals A popular guide to the mammals of North America north of Mexico, with intimate biographies of the more familiar species By Witmer Stone and William Everett Cram New York Doubleday, Pa [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, colour

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Added: 2006-11-13

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Title Page from Famous MusiciansFamous Composers and their Music (1901)

The title page has a border surrounding it printed in green, yellow, blue and black, which I have made available as a musical border. There is also a small picture from the top of the border, an open [...]

Keywords: page images, title pages, colour

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Added: 2010-11-14

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Frontispiece: St. Paul’s Catheral from Cheapside.English Cathedrals (1910)

St. Paul’s Cathedral in London replaced a much older building that was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1666. It was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. In the foreground a boy with a dustpan and trowel i [...]

Keywords: churches, cathedrals, domes, buildings, roads, street scenes, children, horses, carriages, carts, trees, greyscale

Places shown: London; Longon; England

Added: 2020-10-15

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Spine of the bookThe Leisure Hour (1896)

This bound edition of The Leisure Hour has a luxurious blue and gold cover.

Keywords: book covers, spines, lettering, victoriana, books, colour

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Added: 2012-06-24

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Sitting in the pewThe Old Peabody Pew (1907)

This detail from the front cover of the book shows five people sitting in a row during a church service. They are wearing old-fashioned clothing. A floral border of mistletoe surrounds the image.

Keywords: people, churches, religion, interiors, costumes, christmas, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-01-06

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Title PageElements of Geography, Ancient and Modern (1825)

Elements of Geography, ancient and modern: with an atlas. By J. E. Worcester, A.M. Stereotype Edition. Boston: Published by Cummings, Hilliard & Co., 134 washington-street. And sold by booksellers gen [...]

Keywords: title pages, page images, typography, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2017-05-05

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Frontispiece: A Dream: Tertiary Man.Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)

A naked man sits in a tree hugging his knees, his bare feet dangling. Behind him is a lake or river with elephants grazing. A bird wades through a marsh in the foreground. The man has short hair and a [...]

Keywords: people, nudity, bare feet, trees, elephants, animals, rivers, water, birds, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2014-01-21

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End Papers: children playing in the gardenA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

The end-papers inside the front and back cover of the book are printed with a repeating design of children playing at being gardeners. I have made the individual images available too.

Keywords: colour, illustrations for children, children, trees

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Added: 2010-06-03

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Title Page, Musaeum HermeticumThe Hermetic Library (1678)

This book is a collection of other books, but with its own title page, shown here, all about hermeticism: alchemy, astrology, and theurgy (magical ritual for the purpose of perfecting one’s self) The [...]

Keywords: title pages, colour, typography, alchemy, occult

Places shown: none

Added: 2025-08-21

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Frontispiece: View Near SelborneThe Natural History of Selborne (1879)

View looking, I imagine, towards the distant Church in the village of Selborne. There are deer in the foreground, under the shade of a large tree.

Keywords: views, animals, deer, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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A Dream: Tertiary man (Ultra HD TV version)Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)

A detail cropped to a widescreen format from the Frontispiece showing the naked youth sitting in a nest in a tree, with the river and elephants behind him.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, widescreen, people, prehistory, nudity, bare feet, trees, elephants, animals, rivers, water, birds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-01-21

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Boy with TrowelA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A red-haired boy kneels with a trowel in his hand, ready to play at working in the garden. His shorts are held up by braces, and he wears shoes and white socks; he faces away from us. This is a detail [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, boys, children, colour, gardening

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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View of Selborne, Detail for use as Desktop WallpaperThe Natural History of Selborne (1879)

A detail taken from the Frontispiece showing the deer under the tree, with ducks swimming on a pond in the background.

Keywords: views, animals, deer, ducks, wallpaper, backgrounds, trees, greyscale

Places shown: Selborne; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-11-08

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Girl Watering TreeA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A girl wearing a spotted dress crouches down to water a tree using a watering can. She has a ribbon in her hair.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, girls, children, colour, garening

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl with flower in flowerpotA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A girl wearing a straw boater hat sits and examines a flower growing in a flower-pot.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, girls, children, colour, people, gardening

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Girl digging with spadeA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

This girl is facing away from us and bending down to dig in the garden with her spade. We can see her petticoat.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: illustrations for children, children, girls, gardening, colour, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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TreeA Child’s Garden of Verses (1905)

A stylized drawing of a tree.

This is a detail taken from the end papers of the book.

Keywords: trees, illustrations for children, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-03

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Title Page, VeniceVenice (1907)

Venice, title page, with the publisher’s mark.

The book was also published in the US in the same year, by Dodd, Mead & Co.

Keywords: title pages, colour, page images

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-04-12

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Title Page, Old EnglandAlt-England (1888)

Alt-England: Eine Studienreise durch London und die Grafschaften zwischen Kanal und Piktenwall von Adolf Brennecke Gänzliche Neubearbeitung der 2 und 3 Abteilung der Nordlandfahrten. Which is, Old Eng [...]

Keywords: titel pages, colour, typography, page images

Places shown: none

Added: 2022-06-03

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fore-edgeThe Holy Court (1663)

The fore-edge of the book: you’re looking at the front of the book, the opposite to the spine. It is marbled, a decoration that also served to seal the edges of the pages so that the book can be duste [...]

Keywords: book covers, colour, pictures of books, books

Places shown: none

Added: 2012-05-14

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